Getting custom software built when you are an SME
No tech team or big-company budget needed. What it costs, how long it takes, and how to tell whether it is the right choice for you.
Book a 30-minute call- From €3,900 excl. VAT
- First version in 21 days
- Your code, your data
Custom software is worth it when…
- Your processes run on Excel files that contradict each other.
- The same information is typed into two or three tools.
- Only one person knows how to run the file, and everything slows down when they are away.
- To find out where a job stands, you have to ask.
- No off-the-shelf product fits the way you work without contortions.
What if off-the-shelf software is enough?
Then take it. It will cost less, and we will tell you so on the call. Custom software makes sense when the way you work does not fit any product, not before.
What you pay, what you get
From €3,900 excl. VAT, whatever the project. Scope and price are set in a written proposal, before you sign.
No subscription with us. Every later change has a fixed price agreed before we start.
- A fixed price, in writing before we start
- A first usable version in 21 days, or we keep working without invoicing
- Payment as each module is delivered
- The source code, documentation and data are yours
- Server and domain name in your name, about €10 a month
- Bugs fixed free of charge for 3 months after go-live
One point of contact, from the first call to go-live
You show us your files as they are. Your team tests each module as soon as it is ready, and your files keep running until the switch.
- 1Free · no commitment30 minutes on video, screen sharedYou share your screen and show us how things run today. Your files as they are will do, nothing to prepare.
- 2Fixed price · mock-up includedA proposal, with the mock-upThe scope, the fixed price and a first look at the application. You see what it will look like before you sign.
- 3First version in 21 daysDevelopment, module by moduleYou test each part as soon as it is ready. Whatever does not fit the way you work is fixed straight away. Your data is migrated.
- 4Code and data are yours · 3 months of fixesGo-liveOn your domain name, on a server in your name. We hand over the source code, which lets any developer take over the tool, and the documentation.
Three SMEs that went custom
Modern Club had its complete tool in 21 days, Celaé its first version in 21 days. Satori, maritime routing software taken over from an existing build for D-ICE Engineering, took 3 months.
Excel, Drive, emails and paper notes replaced by a single application: assessors, scheduling, documents, invoicing, alerts.
10 h saved per week per employee · 90% fewer data-entry errors.
Payout calculations done by hand in Excel, now automatic.
A few minutes instead of several days · no more calculation errors.
A maritime route calculation stuck between spreadsheets and Power BI, now software sold to shipowners.
A study in a few minutes instead of several days.
Which companies we work with
SMEs from a handful of people to around a hundred employees, with no tech team. Construction, transport, training, services, manufacturing: if your business runs on files, we know how to help.
The first conversation happens on video, wherever you are. We work with SMEs all over France, including Nantes, Paris, Bordeaux, Lyon and Rennes.
From €3,900 excl. VAT. First version in 21 days, or we keep working without billing. Bugs fixed free of charge for 3 months.
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What we get asked most before a project starts. Got another question? Ask it during the 30-minute call.
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The other solutions
- Replace ExcelYour spreadsheets become a real tool. Your data comes along.
- Team schedulingWho goes where tomorrow, visible to the whole team without reopening the file.
- Activity trackingKnow where every job stands, without having to ask.
- Connect your softwareYou type it once, your software passes it along.
- Automatic calculationsThe calculation you redo every month runs on its own, in minutes.
- AI integrationAI plugged into your data: documents read, emails sorted, questions asked in plain English.
Let's talk about your project
30 minutes to look at how you work today. You leave with a clear idea of what we would do and what it would cost.